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so you think the uprisings in libya tunisia egypt or syria or not brought about by a grassroots movement. it's calling for more freedom and civil rights. i think they would and they have my full support these countries faced serious social problems which triggered the uprisings in the first place but the trigger for the problems themselves was external we need to uncover the real reason for the unrest for popular discontent how did it come to be if it's rooted in the policies that these countries carried out the policies prescribed by international financial institutions made a international monetary fund and the world bank these institutions are nothing more than washington's was used by the ruling elite to pursue its financial interests that they seek to profit from these countries financial flows and make them indebted that's already happened to many neoliberal countries this in turn breed social unrest and discovered people rise against their leaders because they can't satisfy their own needs. but how do you distinguish between the peoples pursuit of freedom and civil rights and othe
so you think the uprisings in libya tunisia egypt or syria or not brought about by a grassroots movement. it's calling for more freedom and civil rights. i think they would and they have my full support these countries faced serious social problems which triggered the uprisings in the first place but the trigger for the problems themselves was external we need to uncover the real reason for the unrest for popular discontent how did it come to be if it's rooted in the policies that these...
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been accused of double standards and inconsistency they've been seen as meddling in countries such as egypt and libya and then when it comes to the so-called quiet revolutions of countries like bahrain where the united states has a vested interest and very united states has been quiet on the issue of syria bombing in the past has named his support to the oppositional vote in recent times the state department has tried to distance itself these are the rand here to see that the united states is committed to what it says preventing iran from acquiring nuclear weapons but it does seem unlikely that obama would sanction any kind of military action in this region however the only country that does not support and obama when is the country where i'm standing in israel a recent poll showed that fifty seven percent of these rabies as opposed to twenty one percent would have preferred romney as president these are his position on israeli interests by and large people here feel that under the washers of both obama and the current israeli prime minister netanyahu the relationship between the united sta
been accused of double standards and inconsistency they've been seen as meddling in countries such as egypt and libya and then when it comes to the so-called quiet revolutions of countries like bahrain where the united states has a vested interest and very united states has been quiet on the issue of syria bombing in the past has named his support to the oppositional vote in recent times the state department has tried to distance itself these are the rand here to see that the united states is...
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accused of employing double standards and inconsistency and also accused of meddling in countries such as egypt and libya and then when it comes to the so-called unnoticed revolutions of the rain for example with pro-democracy demonstrators have been taking to the streets a bomb has kept quiet on the issue of syria there he has lend support to the opposition in their attempts to topple the syrian president bashar assad and there are no signs that he's going to back away from this position so much so that he's even hinted that if the syrian regime uses chemical weapons he will intervene militarily in that country and as a result you have many within the united states as well as elsewhere in the international community really worried that america could soon find itself in boiled in another major war or about his policy of a life in jerusalem thank you. well where the middle east is concerned the u.s. and the e.u. often are close allies but as officers lower smith explains the support for obama's strategy is fading on the other side of the atlantic europe is very unwilling to commit any more troop
accused of employing double standards and inconsistency and also accused of meddling in countries such as egypt and libya and then when it comes to the so-called unnoticed revolutions of the rain for example with pro-democracy demonstrators have been taking to the streets a bomb has kept quiet on the issue of syria there he has lend support to the opposition in their attempts to topple the syrian president bashar assad and there are no signs that he's going to back away from this position so...
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accused of employing double standards and inconsistency and also accused of meddling in countries such as egypt and libya and then when it comes to the so-called unnoticed revolutions of the rain for example with pro-democracy demonstrators have been taking to the streets a bomb has kept quiet about his policy reporting right comparing obama's history and mitt romney's promises on foreign policy a london based author and journalist afshin rattansi says. it wouldn't have made much difference who in the end won the white house there'd be very little difference between a republican or a democrat as we can see from president obama's policy of covertly funding syrian rebels and do you know about assassinations in tehran on terror on the streets of academics we don't know what is obama promising except this kind of vague idea of constructive engagement while all the time supporting the terrorists we know president obama has been actively courting along with the secretary of state. in the rebellion in syria and of course supporting also developments in libya so how so many libyan who are doing it into
accused of employing double standards and inconsistency and also accused of meddling in countries such as egypt and libya and then when it comes to the so-called unnoticed revolutions of the rain for example with pro-democracy demonstrators have been taking to the streets a bomb has kept quiet about his policy reporting right comparing obama's history and mitt romney's promises on foreign policy a london based author and journalist afshin rattansi says. it wouldn't have made much difference who...
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accused of employing double standards and inconsistency and also accused of meddling in countries such as egypt and libya and then when it comes to the so-called unnoticed revolutions of bahrain for example with pro-democracy demonstrators have been taking to the streets a bomb has kept quiet. israel's government may be disappointed with the outcome of the election but even on election day it was pushing on with its own plans to confirm the construction of more than a thousand homes for settlers on internationally recognized palestinian land and even an immediate and united chorus of condemnation isn't going to stop it that's according to experts as long as the u.s. has its back. it's true the international community opposes israeli policies but it won't do anything to say israel israel knows and it knows it whether obama is elected or romney selected its trump card is the american congress support that israel has from both political parties and it doesn't care anymore it will do this in the light of day israel has eliminated the two state solution as it's called it's completely imprisoning the
accused of employing double standards and inconsistency and also accused of meddling in countries such as egypt and libya and then when it comes to the so-called unnoticed revolutions of bahrain for example with pro-democracy demonstrators have been taking to the streets a bomb has kept quiet. israel's government may be disappointed with the outcome of the election but even on election day it was pushing on with its own plans to confirm the construction of more than a thousand homes for...
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accused of doing double standards and inconsistency and also accused of meddling in countries such as egypt and libya and then when it comes to the so-called and noticed revolutions of the rain for example with pro-democracy demonstrators have been taking to the streets a bomb has kept quiet. unlike across the middle east obama's election triumph was met more positively even warmly in russia both president vladimir putin and pm dmitri medvedev which the democrat well during his next term though the question remains whether he can breathe new life into the historically sensitive relations between the two nations what is your position of has more now on the challenges ahead. many do view missouri bombers the engine behind the reset of relations with moscow and one of the biggest achievements of that is definitely the new nuclear arms reduction treaty but at the same time some of the biggest stumbling points in relations are still there including washington's plans for the n.t. missile defense system in europe despite moscow's concerns that it could be a threat to russia's national security we
accused of doing double standards and inconsistency and also accused of meddling in countries such as egypt and libya and then when it comes to the so-called and noticed revolutions of the rain for example with pro-democracy demonstrators have been taking to the streets a bomb has kept quiet. unlike across the middle east obama's election triumph was met more positively even warmly in russia both president vladimir putin and pm dmitri medvedev which the democrat well during his next term though...
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we will be back to take oua look at events in egypt. >> dw in december. her beauty shrouded in a legend. nefertiti, the pharaoh's queen. her world and must boss was discovered 100 years ago. 100 years of nefertiti. the laboratory in the ice fields of the antarctic. the research station where scientists gather key data on global climate change and arctic adventures. painter, graphic artist, innovator. the greek artists of the renaissance. who was he? we look at him and his influence to this day. december on dw. all broadcast times online. >> welcome back. eu foreign finance ministers meeting to discuss the fighting in the sinai region. there have been a string of attacks in the area. >> senior secured officers said to be in critical condition after being shot over the weekend. it claimed the lives of three policemen on saturday. have grown bolder since the egyptian revolution and the attacks have been spilling over into neighboring israel. >> hundreds of tanks and heavy artillery demonstrating in northern sinai directly on the israeli border. the egyptian
we will be back to take oua look at events in egypt. >> dw in december. her beauty shrouded in a legend. nefertiti, the pharaoh's queen. her world and must boss was discovered 100 years ago. 100 years of nefertiti. the laboratory in the ice fields of the antarctic. the research station where scientists gather key data on global climate change and arctic adventures. painter, graphic artist, innovator. the greek artists of the renaissance. who was he? we look at him and his influence to...
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accused of doing double standards and inconsistency and also accused of meddling in countries such as egypt and libya and then when it comes to the so-called unnoticed revolutions of bahrain for example with pro-democracy demonstrators have been taking to the streets a bomb has kept quiet. while the take a look at where america may go under obama over the next four years and for that i'm joined by scott bolden he's managing partner at reed smith more joining me there in washington you were once chair of the democratic party in washington from your perspective just how close was this race. well it was very close thank you for having me glad to be here in washington is doing just fine with the election behind us now even though it's only been a day i can tell you that it was very close at the leaf lord it still hasn't come in yet but the the two candidates were only about two million votes apart which isn't very much now clearly obama had over three hundred electoral votes and romney had about two hundred that's even without florida but the die was cast at about midnight one o'clock eastern s
accused of doing double standards and inconsistency and also accused of meddling in countries such as egypt and libya and then when it comes to the so-called unnoticed revolutions of bahrain for example with pro-democracy demonstrators have been taking to the streets a bomb has kept quiet. while the take a look at where america may go under obama over the next four years and for that i'm joined by scott bolden he's managing partner at reed smith more joining me there in washington you were once...
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much the same as what happened in libya where western countries recognize the opposition as the only egypt in the government and then launched military action. the concern is that by not recognizing the syrian president bashar assad wish to nations will be given great a freedom to do what they want next country. and more on the effort surrounding the syrian crisis now joined live by. the director and founder of the french center for intelligence studies. so good to see you today sir thank you very much for coming on the program we're talking about the issue of syrian rebels getting their hands on high tech american weapons are they coming straight from washington or exactly how the syrian rebels getting their hands on such sophisticated weapons or are you it's too early to know exactly between perfectly know that all these rebel groups i mean most of them. they receive the strong support from the american government directly sometimes at the most of the turkey channel as well as. the channel so it's very difficult to know exactly what kind of very modern weapons are they receive but. the m
much the same as what happened in libya where western countries recognize the opposition as the only egypt in the government and then launched military action. the concern is that by not recognizing the syrian president bashar assad wish to nations will be given great a freedom to do what they want next country. and more on the effort surrounding the syrian crisis now joined live by. the director and founder of the french center for intelligence studies. so good to see you today sir thank you...
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the sergey lavrov had flown to egypt to meet with his counterparts to meet with the head of the arab leave as well as the international envoy on the syrian crisis lakhdar brahimi but on the very same day as russia is trying to restart diplomatic efforts to come to some sort of diplomatic solution to the syria crisis members of the fractured syrian opposition groups are meeting in qatar under u.s. backed efforts to bring together a new opposition leadership a government this is something that people have interpreted to mean a splintering of the international community on how to resolve the syrian crisis and has earned quite harsh remarks from the foreign minister he had said he had urged and comments to the press for popes to stick together to the agreements that the international community had come to in june that in the geneva declaration which had called among other things the creation of a transitional governing body he also interfering to this u.s. . effort especially accuse the west for giving up on their commitments by refusing to work with the syrian government on this issue w
the sergey lavrov had flown to egypt to meet with his counterparts to meet with the head of the arab leave as well as the international envoy on the syrian crisis lakhdar brahimi but on the very same day as russia is trying to restart diplomatic efforts to come to some sort of diplomatic solution to the syria crisis members of the fractured syrian opposition groups are meeting in qatar under u.s. backed efforts to bring together a new opposition leadership a government this is something that...
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that's egypt. that's the egyptian border right up next to this tiny strip of land where the fighting is happening in gaza. that's why part of why this was such a big deal. egypt and israel shaking hands. thank you jimmy carter. the peace treaty between this important country, the nation of israel. but jimmy carter, it turns out, is not only the only live american historical connection to this critically-important relationship that you see diagrammed there. the president of egypt who is shaking hands with the prime minister of israel and sealing this peace treaty between these countries, this president of egypt, the handshake was in march of 1979. two and a half years later, he was assassinated. how did he come to be assassinated? it came from this guy. this guy right now is in prison in the united states in a federal prison complex in north carolina thanks to his role in the first bombing of the world trade center back in the '90s. after he called for the assassination, who made the peace deal with
that's egypt. that's the egyptian border right up next to this tiny strip of land where the fighting is happening in gaza. that's why part of why this was such a big deal. egypt and israel shaking hands. thank you jimmy carter. the peace treaty between this important country, the nation of israel. but jimmy carter, it turns out, is not only the only live american historical connection to this critically-important relationship that you see diagrammed there. the president of egypt who is shaking...
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egypt strongly condemns what israel is doing in gaza. this is an unacceptable act, and we deeply condemn it. >> what has changed since the war? the west and israel have lost their most reliable friend, and egypt's president mubarak. they saw him as an indispensable part of the solution at times like this. >> heightened tensions in the middle east tonight. in other news from around the world, the united nations secretary general ban ki moon has set a report on the failure to attack civilians. -- has said a report on the failure to attack civilians will have a profound impact. in iraq, simultaneous car bomb attacks across the country have killed at least 17 people. dozens were injured. the attack struck baghdad and other cities. it is not clear if the attacks are the work of one group. across europe, tens of thousands have taken to the streets in protest of rising unemployment and government austerity measures. workers in spain, portugal, greece, and italy went out on strike. gary hewitt reports. >> hundred of thousands packed madrid to pr
egypt strongly condemns what israel is doing in gaza. this is an unacceptable act, and we deeply condemn it. >> what has changed since the war? the west and israel have lost their most reliable friend, and egypt's president mubarak. they saw him as an indispensable part of the solution at times like this. >> heightened tensions in the middle east tonight. in other news from around the world, the united nations secretary general ban ki moon has set a report on the failure to attack...
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. >> egypt has a lot of natural gas. that is really a attracting some investors to the country including this german engineering firm that runs several chemical factories in egypt. bmw also runs a production facility just outside of cairo. overall, german industries have been relatively modest that just 470 million euro per year. countries like china and turkey have a much stronger presence. >> the size of the german economy and the importance of the egyptian markets and tail that we have to work harder to increase the amount. 600 is important, but we would like to see more german investment in supporting egypt's, invest in supporting democracy. >> political events have been featured at the root conference, not only the arabs bring an opportunity in the region but also the current escalation of the israeli-palestinian conflict. it could complicate german- egyptian cooperation. what's the question as to what extent germany and the european union cannot, or want, to get involved in this conflict. it's interesting and the a
. >> egypt has a lot of natural gas. that is really a attracting some investors to the country including this german engineering firm that runs several chemical factories in egypt. bmw also runs a production facility just outside of cairo. overall, german industries have been relatively modest that just 470 million euro per year. countries like china and turkey have a much stronger presence. >> the size of the german economy and the importance of the egyptian markets and tail that...
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egypt's president mohamed morsi tells senior judges that he stands by the move giving him sweeping new powers as the first victims of the continuing crisis but there is. a separate sentiment dominates in spain's riches region catalonia as pro independence parties win a majority of parliamentary seats possibly paving the way for a referendum. and which executive releases a new book urging internet users around the globe to stand up against but in slavyansk like up. their online life from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. egypt's president has met with senior judges outraged at the seizure of power which has made his decisions untouchable at the meeting he told them he acted within his rights and will not reverse the decree this comes as the muslim brotherhood cancel a demonstration planned for tuesday to avoid further violence from all journalist true joins us from current. we've seen very heavy handed tactics from the police we've seen an excessive use of tear gas. has seen the use of birdshot but when it should be given quite severe injuries to the face the stomach had to poo
egypt's president mohamed morsi tells senior judges that he stands by the move giving him sweeping new powers as the first victims of the continuing crisis but there is. a separate sentiment dominates in spain's riches region catalonia as pro independence parties win a majority of parliamentary seats possibly paving the way for a referendum. and which executive releases a new book urging internet users around the globe to stand up against but in slavyansk like up. their online life from the new...
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accused of including double standards and inconsistency and also accused of meddling in countries such as egypt and libya and then when it comes to the so-called unnoticed revolutions of the rain for example with pro-democracy demonstrators have been taking to the streets a bomb has kept quiet. while the e.u. often acts in unison with the u.s. when it comes to the outside world on the economy there's a deepening rift in those artes nor smith reports obama's victory is getting on the a muted response in the old world. europe is very unwilling to commit any more troops to anymore battles abroad the problems in the middle east i think of the us the us is having reflect hugely in europe and in fact in a poll published in desh spiegel newspaper in germany we have that obama's foreign policy rating in europe has drop since his election in two thousand and nine from eighty three percent to seventy one percent said people here are worried about that and of course i think the major and most pressing issue is the economy the u.s. economy and how it recovers has a huge knock on effects in. the u.s. appear
accused of including double standards and inconsistency and also accused of meddling in countries such as egypt and libya and then when it comes to the so-called unnoticed revolutions of the rain for example with pro-democracy demonstrators have been taking to the streets a bomb has kept quiet. while the e.u. often acts in unison with the u.s. when it comes to the outside world on the economy there's a deepening rift in those artes nor smith reports obama's victory is getting on the a muted...
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remember, gaza shares a common border with egypt and it's a very important connection. so you get the egyptians, you get the turks, the qataris, maybe the saudis to weigh in and the israelis to provide the space and time to allow this diplomacy to take hold, and maybe, although nobody ever lost money betting against arab-israeli peace, maybe, just maybe, you can get out of this. >> aaron david miller. thank you, sir. >> always a pleasure, don. >>> cyberspace is part of the israel-hamas battleground. ahead, how both sides are pushing their messages on twitter and other social media. two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. >>> i want you to take a look
remember, gaza shares a common border with egypt and it's a very important connection. so you get the egyptians, you get the turks, the qataris, maybe the saudis to weigh in and the israelis to provide the space and time to allow this diplomacy to take hold, and maybe, although nobody ever lost money betting against arab-israeli peace, maybe, just maybe, you can get out of this. >> aaron david miller. thank you, sir. >> always a pleasure, don. >>> cyberspace is part of the...
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artesia on i'd egypt egypt or tunisia? >> looking beyond the election -- inviting experts to make predictions about where we will be at the end of the coming year, about 20 paul, but 2013. this is often done with respect to where we can anticipate the dow might be, accuracy rate of these predictions are abysmal. we have to be careful about how we will hold our predictors to the accuracy of their projections, but given everything we have discussed about where these processes are headed, but the obstacles they confront, about the possibilities of our intervention, about the degree of influence outside actors might have cut if you had to speculate in an informed way about where you think we will be with respect to security sector reform in egypt and tunisia -- we will set libya side -- give me a sense of that. where do think we will be? >> that is a tremendous question. i feel like i am on a sunday morning talk show. for me, when i think about where the process is going, and i compare egypt and tunisia -- in some sense, there
artesia on i'd egypt egypt or tunisia? >> looking beyond the election -- inviting experts to make predictions about where we will be at the end of the coming year, about 20 paul, but 2013. this is often done with respect to where we can anticipate the dow might be, accuracy rate of these predictions are abysmal. we have to be careful about how we will hold our predictors to the accuracy of their projections, but given everything we have discussed about where these processes are headed,...
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the first point is that egypt is the guarantor of the cease-fire. >> let's talk about the role of egypt here. it has been a huge test of egyptian diplomacy and for its new president. is this a victory for him, would you say, or did hillary clinton's intervention make a big difference? >> no, i think it is certainly a victory. by the way, lots of praise from the americans for the mediating role of the egyptians. for now, if the ceasefire stands and will hold, which is of course still a question, it will be seen as a success story. >> thanks for that from cairo. all right, let's go straight over to gaza. what is the latest? is it quiet? >> it is relatively quiet, i would say. we still hear a lot of drums in the air. in the past hour, it brought some of rockets, but now at the moment, i would say it is quite -- in the past hour, a barrage of rockets, but now at the moment, i would say it is quiet. people still wonder if the cease-fire will be implemented. over the past few days, there was a lot of talk, and we do not see a lot of people outside. people are a little bit cautious, just waiti
the first point is that egypt is the guarantor of the cease-fire. >> let's talk about the role of egypt here. it has been a huge test of egyptian diplomacy and for its new president. is this a victory for him, would you say, or did hillary clinton's intervention make a big difference? >> no, i think it is certainly a victory. by the way, lots of praise from the americans for the mediating role of the egyptians. for now, if the ceasefire stands and will hold, which is of course still...
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egypt's muslim door makers vote through a new constitution examining mubarak's rule strengthening islamic big writing protests those who believe the revolution has been betrayed. a political disconnect in germany allows people billion more euros in aid from greece taxpayers you responded for cheap. and israel and the us versus the world as a to dismiss palestine success at the un two thirds of countries david go ahead with statehood bid. around the world and around the clock this is r.t. egypt dominated constitutional assembly has passed a new draft constitution the document is based on sharia law and it's triggered fresh protests across the country opposition activists say it's a betrayal of the revolution's ideals which journalist bell true has the details now from cairo. the problem really stems from the constituent assembly itself many of the liberal leftists and church representatives actually walked out of the constituent assembly but they said it was bullying from the islamist factions that dominated the constitution writing body the key issues is the sharia law which many say the
egypt's muslim door makers vote through a new constitution examining mubarak's rule strengthening islamic big writing protests those who believe the revolution has been betrayed. a political disconnect in germany allows people billion more euros in aid from greece taxpayers you responded for cheap. and israel and the us versus the world as a to dismiss palestine success at the un two thirds of countries david go ahead with statehood bid. around the world and around the clock this is r.t. egypt...
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egypt was in fear that egypt would end the peace treaty. that is one reason why israel feels it's calibrating carefully the attack on gaza.poised on th of gaz yachlt they're trying this pinpointed air attacks and also attacks from the sea. they resumed the policy of targeted assassinations against hamas leaders. they want very much to end the threat from gaza. but they also do not want a ground invasion partly because of the cost and also because they don't want to alienate egypt. so this is a very dachg us ange moment for this region. >> we know that they have great familiarity with attacks on two fronts. lebanon in the past and attacks from the south. again now with the new conflict that appears to be growing between israel and the golan heights and its border in syria. is there any concern that there may be new issues on the northern front as well? >> well, there is great concern. it doesn't seem too likely at the moment. as a matter of fact, by the way, a few minutes ago, maybe within the last hour, an israeli soldier there was a report
egypt was in fear that egypt would end the peace treaty. that is one reason why israel feels it's calibrating carefully the attack on gaza.poised on th of gaz yachlt they're trying this pinpointed air attacks and also attacks from the sea. they resumed the policy of targeted assassinations against hamas leaders. they want very much to end the threat from gaza. but they also do not want a ground invasion partly because of the cost and also because they don't want to alienate egypt. so this is a...
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let's discuss the latest away hearing from egypt or from the u.k. the journalist and writer neil clark who's on the line from london with a call that this meeting between the judges and the president how can you help resolve the crisis and will it help. well i think we've got to look a bit beyond this crisis this constitutional crisis to understand what is the real problem here in egypt of course there are widespread concerns about the public about what morsi is done in the last few games he said and that's not what people you know hundreds of thousands took to the streets when twenty eleven was to have a new dictator but the underlying cause i think are economic factors and the fact is people voted to morsi because it changes it but the economy has got worse one in four young egyptians are out of work. poverty is on the rise so i think there is this one issue this question szell crisis moment but beyond that there are deep issues in egypt have to be addressed but morsi did say did claim that the extension of his powers were just temporary can he be
let's discuss the latest away hearing from egypt or from the u.k. the journalist and writer neil clark who's on the line from london with a call that this meeting between the judges and the president how can you help resolve the crisis and will it help. well i think we've got to look a bit beyond this crisis this constitutional crisis to understand what is the real problem here in egypt of course there are widespread concerns about the public about what morsi is done in the last few games he...
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egypt's muslim nor make his vote through a new constitution resembling hosni mubarak's rule strengthening islamic norms reigniting protests among those who believe the revolution has been betrayed. the political disconnect in germany parliament forty four billion and more units in aid from greece but taxpayers you move a squandered fortune. israel on the us versus the world as the to dismiss palestine success at the un than two thirds of countries gave the go ahead to its statehood bid. do you think that something it's just cable kates could ever happen again the clinics here because of the time next year hopefully earlier than later does the world's top whistleblower have up his sleeve during the sound talks exclusively to r.t. . for costing live from moscow this is r.t. i'm kerry johnston now egypt dominated constitutional assembly has passed a new draft constitution the document is based on sharia law and has triggered fresh protests across the country opposition activists say it's a betrayal of the revolutions ideals of journalists well true has the details now from cairo. the problem
egypt's muslim nor make his vote through a new constitution resembling hosni mubarak's rule strengthening islamic norms reigniting protests among those who believe the revolution has been betrayed. the political disconnect in germany parliament forty four billion and more units in aid from greece but taxpayers you move a squandered fortune. israel on the us versus the world as the to dismiss palestine success at the un than two thirds of countries gave the go ahead to its statehood bid. do you...
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egypt is going in a very difficult direction. it is a quagmire, and you have to be careful the whole region does not explode. >> thank you so much for joining us here in studio. >> france's new prime minister has made his first official visit to germany, holding talks with german chancellor. at the top of the agenda was stagnant economic growth in france and europe generally. >> he told reporters that france remain committed to keeping greece in the eurozone and said it was in the interests of all eurozone countries to show solidarity with debt-stricken member states. for more on this now, we're joined from our parliamentary studiosy our political correspondent. there's been an awful lot of talk about deteriorating franco- german relations recently. what can you say after this visit? >> for the last six months, there has been quite a bit of tension mainly because angela merkel came out during the last presidential elections in france, very openly for nicholas sarkozy, which got her off on to a very bad start with the current fren
egypt is going in a very difficult direction. it is a quagmire, and you have to be careful the whole region does not explode. >> thank you so much for joining us here in studio. >> france's new prime minister has made his first official visit to germany, holding talks with german chancellor. at the top of the agenda was stagnant economic growth in france and europe generally. >> he told reporters that france remain committed to keeping greece in the eurozone and said it was in...
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point zero egypt's been shaken by her we have violent unrest as are any and inside. i don't think so today opposition forces have claimed four million man marches across egypt and also they are continuing that into her but we really will see probably more escalating violence we've seen on the streets recently because of this is what they called a power grab by president morsi was referring to is a very controversial constitution that duration we awarded himself sweeping power as rival protest groups are pro and anti more tea and more see what's his comments on egypt streets really is that she was out of the fair amount of violence in the last week including actually least one that she really people are gearing up for more protests specially as we now have this draft constitution that people rightly regard as illegitimate. all right thanks very much indeed for the sub daytimes bell truth from cairo. well was the growing unrest in egypt as well as protest in libya and tunisia mannie analysts are now questioning just how much change the arab spring has brought to these
point zero egypt's been shaken by her we have violent unrest as are any and inside. i don't think so today opposition forces have claimed four million man marches across egypt and also they are continuing that into her but we really will see probably more escalating violence we've seen on the streets recently because of this is what they called a power grab by president morsi was referring to is a very controversial constitution that duration we awarded himself sweeping power as rival protest...
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and egypt. number nine syria gate one of the latest releases featured documents relating to syria among the revelations were ties between italian industrial giant finmeccanica which supplied fifteen million interception prove communications used by military police number eight palestine willing to play ball in an attempt to streamline the peace process wiki leaks cables revealed just how much the palestinian authority was willing to concede surprisingly the palestinian authority was willing to give up land in exchange for an end to further settlement building their evolution angered some palestinian hardliners but ultimately showed israel's all or nothing attitude at the negotiating table. and the same one of the sea joining us on has been in the ecuadorian embassy for nearly six months in london this despite being granted asylum in ecuador. the british response to the asylum threat to overrun the embassy and forcibly take a while their rhetoric has cooled down in the confrontation demonstrated
and egypt. number nine syria gate one of the latest releases featured documents relating to syria among the revelations were ties between italian industrial giant finmeccanica which supplied fifteen million interception prove communications used by military police number eight palestine willing to play ball in an attempt to streamline the peace process wiki leaks cables revealed just how much the palestinian authority was willing to concede surprisingly the palestinian authority was willing to...
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now, there is president morsi, and we do not know if he is the president of egypt or the president of the muslim brotherhood. >> islamists who dominate the assembly have already answered that question -- the body signed off on all 234 articles of the constitution, which is based upon the principles of sharia or islamic law. the constitution maintains sharia as the main source of legislation. it also gives women no guarantee of equal rights, since the rights must conform with sharia. religious leaders will also be able to directly influence egyptian legislation in the future. secular and christian representatives boycotted the vote. they had already withdrawn from the assembly weeks ago. in a television interview, morsi again tried to appease the opposition forces. he said the sweeping forces to granted himself last week will only remain until a constitution goes into effect, but that is not enough for his opponents who have vowed to keep on protesting. >> those protests have been growing steadily all day. let's bring now our correspondent live from cairo. just how divided is -- right
now, there is president morsi, and we do not know if he is the president of egypt or the president of the muslim brotherhood. >> islamists who dominate the assembly have already answered that question -- the body signed off on all 234 articles of the constitution, which is based upon the principles of sharia or islamic law. the constitution maintains sharia as the main source of legislation. it also gives women no guarantee of equal rights, since the rights must conform with sharia....
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egypt was in fear that egypt would end the peace treaty. that is one reason why israel feels it's calibrating carefully the attack on gaza.poised on th of gaz yachlt they're trying this pinpointed air attacks and also attacks from the sea. they resumed the policy of targeted assassinations against hamas leaders. they want very much to end the threat from gaza. but they also do not want a ground invasion partly because of the cost and also because they don't want to alienate egypt. so this is a very dachg us ange moment for this region. >> we know that they have great familiarity with attacks on two fronts. lebanon in the past and attacks from the south. again now with the new conflict that appears to be growing between israel and the golan heights and its border in syria. is there any concern that there may be new issues on the northern front as well? >> well, there is great concern. it doesn't seem too likely at the moment. as a matter of fact, by the way, a few minutes ago, maybe within the last hour, an israeli soldier there was a report
egypt was in fear that egypt would end the peace treaty. that is one reason why israel feels it's calibrating carefully the attack on gaza.poised on th of gaz yachlt they're trying this pinpointed air attacks and also attacks from the sea. they resumed the policy of targeted assassinations against hamas leaders. they want very much to end the threat from gaza. but they also do not want a ground invasion partly because of the cost and also because they don't want to alienate egypt. so this is a...
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egypt has seen tensions rise again in recent days with thousands hitting the streets after egypt's president mohamed morsi gave himself new powers by decree last thursday now morsi declared himself above judicial oversight leading to a reported political crisis and today morsi reportedly told the country's top judges he is standing within his rights with those decrees now this has all drawn top headlines but look too at the broader financial crises egypt is paid the benchmark stock index plunged nine point six percent after this decree was issued the worst drop since the arab spring uprisings that ousted hosni mubarak in january of two thousand and eleven according to bloomberg now it was the world's best performing exchange this year not anymore and a country that needs outside investment and arguably need stability to lure investors is getting farther from it at least according to a managing director of an egyptian investment firm.
egypt has seen tensions rise again in recent days with thousands hitting the streets after egypt's president mohamed morsi gave himself new powers by decree last thursday now morsi declared himself above judicial oversight leading to a reported political crisis and today morsi reportedly told the country's top judges he is standing within his rights with those decrees now this has all drawn top headlines but look too at the broader financial crises egypt is paid the benchmark stock index...
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what they say is that applies to all the drafted by islamist dominated assembly it doesn't represent egypt on top of that it's of course is the sharia law and i've been to it although the initial wording is actually similar to the seventy one constitution the problem is that other articles defining sorry and even open to all true conservative interpretation in addition to that thank you and rights watch actually. had a report today that highlighted the problems of women's rights within the constitution in addition there are articles saying things like you cannot insult an individual which can be widely interpreted and misused and of course so. the main issues is a military trials to civilians this is a practice is illegal under international law and when the subject of many campaigns by revolutionary forces and he's allowed in the constitution we expect the constitution to be handed to the president today and a referendum in the next few weeks but with this continuing disturbance on the streets and more protests are expected really we're not sure how to shop at befriend them to go ahead ce
what they say is that applies to all the drafted by islamist dominated assembly it doesn't represent egypt on top of that it's of course is the sharia law and i've been to it although the initial wording is actually similar to the seventy one constitution the problem is that other articles defining sorry and even open to all true conservative interpretation in addition to that thank you and rights watch actually. had a report today that highlighted the problems of women's rights within the...
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the ongoing fury over president mohamed morsi is a sweeping new powers in egypt's claims it's for a slice just as the leaders position of peers to weaken. separatism all sway in sweyn's riches region got the more young players pro independence parties where the majority of parliamentary seats possibly paving the way for referendum. and we could be said to julian assange releases a new book urging internet users around the globe just stand up against virtual inflate bench by government. you're watching live from moscow with me tom what's a good to have you with us egypt's president does making steps towards a compromise and agree to meet senior judges at his seizure of power which makes his decisions untouchable it comes as the first bloodying clashes over mohamed morsi as controversial decree is spilt but the violence and protests showing no signs of easing journalist is following events a fifteen year old member of the freedom and justice party which is the muslim brotherhood's political organization died yesterday in there and you know i oh don't you guys should she hold egypt during cl
the ongoing fury over president mohamed morsi is a sweeping new powers in egypt's claims it's for a slice just as the leaders position of peers to weaken. separatism all sway in sweyn's riches region got the more young players pro independence parties where the majority of parliamentary seats possibly paving the way for referendum. and we could be said to julian assange releases a new book urging internet users around the globe just stand up against virtual inflate bench by government. you're...
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egypt's muslim nor make a vote through a new constitution resembling hosni mubarak's rule. igniting protests among those who believe the revolution has been betrayed. a political disconnect in germany parliament forty four billion euros in aid for greece. the path to palestine the u.n. overwhelmingly votes to recognize it statehood despite fears opposition from the u.s. and israel. do you think that something. could ever happen again next year next year. what does the world's top with the sleeve. talks exclusively to r.t. . you're watching r.t. live from moscow welcome now egypt's constitutional assembly has passed a new draft constitution the document is based on sharia law and has triggered fresh protests across the country opposition activists say it's a betrayal of the revolution's ideals the journalist has the details. the problem really stems from the concept itself many of the liberal leftists and church representatives actually walked out of the constituent assembly they said it was bullying from the islamist factions that dominated the constitution rights embody th
egypt's muslim nor make a vote through a new constitution resembling hosni mubarak's rule. igniting protests among those who believe the revolution has been betrayed. a political disconnect in germany parliament forty four billion euros in aid for greece. the path to palestine the u.n. overwhelmingly votes to recognize it statehood despite fears opposition from the u.s. and israel. do you think that something. could ever happen again next year next year. what does the world's top with the...
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of the ongoing peace between egypt and israel? is that at risk? >> it's very much at risk. i think that, look, the egyptian public wants their now democratically elected government to do something, to show some kind of strength, to show that they will not acquiesce in the israelis beating up palestinians. so far the egyptian government has not responded to its people, but after awhile a democratically elected government can't keep saying no to its own people. >> when the ambassador said just now, listen, we left gaza and they should have had prosperity and everything else and they've ruined it and gone to terrorism, it seemed to me a pretty simplistic view of what's happened on gaza. gaza is to many people one of the key problems in the region because of the terrible oppression and whatever the right phrase is for it of the palestinian people. it's an awful place for people to try and live, isn't it? >> first one has to say as you did, the israelis are justified in doing something when all these rockets are being fired at them. so
of the ongoing peace between egypt and israel? is that at risk? >> it's very much at risk. i think that, look, the egyptian public wants their now democratically elected government to do something, to show some kind of strength, to show that they will not acquiesce in the israelis beating up palestinians. so far the egyptian government has not responded to its people, but after awhile a democratically elected government can't keep saying no to its own people. >> when the ambassador...
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egypt's muslim nor makers vote through a new constitution resembling hosni mubarak's rule strengthening islamic nor igniting protests among those who believe the revolution has been betrayed. a political disconnect in german parliament allows forty four million or more euros in aid in greece to taxpayers fuming respond to what you. want israel and the us versus the world to dismiss science accept. those of countries gave the go ahead to extend the. comment twenty four hours a day this is out. well top story now egypt's islamist dominated constitutional assembly has passed a new draft constitution the document is based on sharia law and is triggered fresh protests across the country opposition activists say it's a betrayal of the revolution's ideals journalist true has the details now from cairo. the problem really stems from the constituent assembly itself many of the liberal leftists and church representatives actually walked out of the constituent assembly to what they said was bullying from the islamist factions that dominated the constitution writing body one of the key issues is th
egypt's muslim nor makers vote through a new constitution resembling hosni mubarak's rule strengthening islamic nor igniting protests among those who believe the revolution has been betrayed. a political disconnect in german parliament allows forty four million or more euros in aid in greece to taxpayers fuming respond to what you. want israel and the us versus the world to dismiss science accept. those of countries gave the go ahead to extend the. comment twenty four hours a day this is out....
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egypt's muslim lawmakers vote through a new constitution resembling hosni mubarak's rule strengthening islamic law protests among those who believe the revolution has been. a political disconnect in germany parliament allows forty four more euros in aid for greece but taxpayers few move respond. and the arab spring encroaches on kuwait with a staunch western ally witnessing mass protests against corruption and the proving . very good evening from thanks for being with us first tonight egypt his name is dominated constitutional assembly has passed a new draft constitution documents based on sharia law and it's triggered fresh protests across the country opposition activists say it's a betrayal of the revolutions ideals true it's got the latest for you from cairo. the problem really stems from the constituent assembly itself many of the liberal leftists and church representatives actually walked up to the constituent assembly to what they said was bullying from the islamist factions that dominated the constitution writing body one of the key issues is the sharia law which many say the ar
egypt's muslim lawmakers vote through a new constitution resembling hosni mubarak's rule strengthening islamic law protests among those who believe the revolution has been. a political disconnect in germany parliament allows forty four more euros in aid for greece but taxpayers few move respond. and the arab spring encroaches on kuwait with a staunch western ally witnessing mass protests against corruption and the proving . very good evening from thanks for being with us first tonight egypt his...
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the ongoing fury over president mohamed morsi is sweeping new powers in egypt claims its first lives just as the leaders position appears to weaken. the separatism holds sway in spain's richest region catalonia probing the parties with a majority of parliamentary seats possibly paving the way for a referendum. we could accept the songs releases a new book internet users around the globe to stand up against virtual enslavement . on their online live from our new center here in moscow this is egypt's president is making steps towards a compromise and has agreed to meet senior judges outraged at the seizure of power which has made his decisions touchable it comes as the first blood in clashes over mohamed morsi is controversial decree is spilled a teenage supporter of the muslim brotherhood party which stands behind the president has been killed in violent protests another man died overnight after you've been critically injured in clashes near tahrir square last week thousands of taking to the streets for his funeral procession. journalist who's been following events. very heavy handed
the ongoing fury over president mohamed morsi is sweeping new powers in egypt claims its first lives just as the leaders position appears to weaken. the separatism holds sway in spain's richest region catalonia probing the parties with a majority of parliamentary seats possibly paving the way for a referendum. we could accept the songs releases a new book internet users around the globe to stand up against virtual enslavement . on their online live from our new center here in moscow this is...
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divided egypt even bought a. civil war and fortunately this president is doing the very same things for which. before they are a dictatorship this is what we are looking at now the egyptian people are saying no to the new newly born state of looking at this crowd you cannot tell who is muslim or christian who is liberal leftist this is the real people are saying no to religious fascism making the president of. the president and the muslim brotherhood behind him have already lost their credibility they have promised so many things in the past never kept their promises that's why most of these people are in the streets they were talking about over a million up to now because they are not happy with. the egyptian president and where he's taking the countries the focus of debate on people of ours cross talk show coming up later today. it was elected democratically elected and he has a mandate for change the support that he house means we don't have a lot to worry about of course is going to be watch yeah he made a mi
divided egypt even bought a. civil war and fortunately this president is doing the very same things for which. before they are a dictatorship this is what we are looking at now the egyptian people are saying no to the new newly born state of looking at this crowd you cannot tell who is muslim or christian who is liberal leftist this is the real people are saying no to religious fascism making the president of. the president and the muslim brotherhood behind him have already lost their...
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thank you for joining us so we are expecting a draft of egypt's new constitution to be completed today is this likely to ease the tension. unfortunately i don't think it will the opposition forces themselves launched this this protest against the heart of the issue really started with the constitution unfortunately the opposition forces really see the constituent assembly is writing the constitution as not being representative egypt particularly if there's been a mass walkout by key representatives such as the church and also the liberal leftist forces with this new constitution being pushed through right now when they're still sitting in the rear and hundreds of thousands of people expected in the streets on friday i think they're going to find this very this is good to be opposed quite considerably by different groups of course in the constitution back to ration the president did say that once the constitution is written he will remove his extra powers but i was really yet to be seen. well with the level of anger there showing no signs of abating do you think we could see more violen
thank you for joining us so we are expecting a draft of egypt's new constitution to be completed today is this likely to ease the tension. unfortunately i don't think it will the opposition forces themselves launched this this protest against the heart of the issue really started with the constitution unfortunately the opposition forces really see the constituent assembly is writing the constitution as not being representative egypt particularly if there's been a mass walkout by key...